Aug. 9 – It will be one of the main events if the Year of Italian Culture in the US, the “Birds’ Flight Code” written in 1505 by Leonardo da Vinci will be on display for forty days in Washington, at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian (13 September – 22 October). “A great part of the population has never seen Leonardo’s original composition – commented the Museum’s director, Gen. JR Jack Dailey – Because the Code was only exposed once in the US before, and given that it rarely leaves Italy, we feel particularly lucky of being able to show it in our Museum.” “Bringing the Code to Washington this year, when we’re celebrating our culture and 50 years of collaboration between Italy and the US in the space program, meand creating dialogue between the Renaissance and modernity, tradition and innovation,” added the Italian Ambassador, Claudio Bisogniero, underlining how “there could not be a more ideal place than the Smithsonian to host such a unique work, dedicated to the science of flight,menabling viewers to admire Leonardo’s scientific genius.”
